Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

And then 'it happened again'... with a chainsaw in hand, a few more branches "taunted me". I'll move the piles of wood later on.

Do it now or do it later saying goes.

 

[Thomas]

I haven't looked at grocery store prices, but have seen green coffee prices rise, and don't like it either. My understanding of the coffee market is that world coffee futures market had risen 34% (Arabica) to 40% (Robusta) Year over Year, pre-tariff, and that's what we are experiencing now. Tariffs have had a small impact.

I've yet to see in grocery store coffee brand have sale...buy 1 get one free or mark down same with dairy products.

 

[Thomas]

Good way to start new year with from test David.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Bill,
I’ll start tomorrow morning , should be there by Thursday

Probably next Tuesday I will order oil to be delivered on Thursday.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Evening,
Kathleen made a couple real nice Turkey Pot Pies. Absolutely delicious, then she said I will freeze one and will have it in a couple of weeks. Then she remembers that our youngest son is laid up after elbow surgery so she offers it to my DIL
Oh well easy come easy go

 

[ponytug]

Good Tractor Evening,
Kathleen made a couple real nice Turkey Pot Pies. Absolutely delicious, then she said I will freeze one and will have it in a couple of weeks. Then she remembers that our youngest son is laid up after elbow surgery so she offers it to my DIL
Oh well easy come easy go

Always great to have a wonderful cook in the house!

I hope that your son makes a speedy recovery.

All the best, Peter

 

[rswyan]

Trip to Menards made, return done, plumbing parts picked up.

Getting the 10’ stick of 2” ABS stuffed into the car was a bit of a trick … and resulted in a cool ride home with the right rear window down a little.

At any rate, back home and all unloaded now.

Woman about to head out and pick up some wings for dinner … now that I’ve warmed the car up for Her …

 

[Buppies]

Cool day mostly in low 40s now in low 30s.
60s by Tuesday cold air modeled last week gone I screwed up now 3rd week of January now is thinking. Some people in NY got 6 inches per hour wow!

TxDon prayers for you folks

Got filter changed on water added salt to tank, picked up yard that’s about it

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Looking4new]

Good Evening Bill,
I’ll start tomorrow morning , should be there by Thursday

Should only take you about 9-10 hours depending on the border.

I went back to bed about 9 or so and got up at noon. Did diddly squat all day. Gonna check out the local news now and go back to bed. Cat litter still not done, am waiting for a double digit day to do it.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 42ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, up to brisk gusts, clear sky, and high temp was 60ºF. made coffee to start day, office work, bike ride, 69 miles 14.6 average ground speed. 15.5 average airspeed. Nap the dinner at Mexican restaurant.
Ron glad plowing went well. Hope feeder mount straight forward. Nice moon pic.
Drew hope you were able to get some lights down. Thanks for story. No need for couch here and shipping would be expensive .
Drew thank for heads up.
Ron my wife was a bit more than 1 year older than me.
Happy(NC) glad you got some clean up and seat time.
Drew know what you mean, Ann was quite the woman as well. Going through Grief Share really helped me start to deal with her loss. Thanks for pic.
Billy nice you got some GD time. Sorry splitter was so reluctant to start. I would have been squirting ether way before 64 pulls.
Bill hope good energy conservation day.
Thomas sorry you can't play outside today. Hope you worked out something to do.
Drew hope you find something for your trailer to do
ArlyA good to hear you are not solo now.
Don you were a bunch warmer than us up here yesterday. Glad I am not you BIL, prayers for wife's brother.
WinterDeere thanks for info on coffee prices.
Mike sorry not my dog and your abs are hurting. Hope animals ok, and you rescued the game cams.
Two_Bit hope you had a nice day. Made it to 60 hear.
Frits too warm for fire here. I hear you about designing in 3D verses pencil and paper. I got engineering degree before starting tool maker apprenticeship.
Ken glad dog got her shots and seems to be doing fine. the extra .3 volts probably is the difference between working reliably or not. Hope you worked out something to do.
Kyle it is is winter after all
Drew my sister had half her thyroid removed due to overactive. after surgery it dropped output and he had to go on supplemental medication.
David glad heart in good shape. Hope movies were good.
Billy thanks for coffee pricing info.
RS sounds like you are becoming the local cat whisperer. Hope progress continues in the basement.
Randy(wag) you would thing the branches would learn not to taunt anyone with a chainsaw in hand Hope church was good.
Thomas glad the guy called you and shared his game cam pics. Hope you found a good football game.
Scott(vt) that will set record for longest delivery .
Scott(vt) that pot pie looked great, sorry you lost the other one Hope son heals quickly.
Buppies glad filters changed, and salt added to tank. Hope you and Holley doing well, prayers sent.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, Don, / BIL motorcycle accident, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Eye recovery, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[two_bit_score]

Two_Bit hope you had a nice day. Made it to 60 hear.

Yep! But we both know those February freezes can hit real hard and real quick!

 

[daugen]

good morning all
sipping my coffee, trying to wake up, tried to turn over and
go back to sleep but the brain got in gear and stuck there.

only plans for today are lunch with my friends in Hatfield after I visit the rv and take the rear
taillight assembly home for repair.

likely today will be like yesterday, snow flurries predicted for morning, we'll see if anything gets to the ground.
Cold enough outside it should. 26 now going up to 35 in sunshine later.

RS, what room are you doing all the sheetrocking in? Looks like a big project, sure keeping you busy this winter.
I'm guessing it's your basement but?

the basement in this little cottage was all original and yukky. Spider webs and stained walls everywhere, some mold.
best thing I did was pay a guy to paint the whole thing, now it feels a lot nicer when I go downstairs
to do the laundry. Time for me to vac my own spiders again; I keep a small shop vac near the dryer to suck up the lint
so I'll go on wall duty with that.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
17 going to 25 with flurries in the air.
Not much going on here. Up since 2 am with hands and neck!

Sister pulled a bone head move and tried to use a rocking chair for a ladder. Possible broken wrist and multiple bumps and bruises! Went to take care of a few projects for her. She goes to orthopedic doc Wednesday.

Keeping it simple here for the immediate future. Cleaning up in the woodshop with no projects at the moment. Looks like my Christmas tree hollow form is going to win the monthly contest! Bragging rights for me till the next contest.

Lots of doc visits for the wife's mom and dad for the next couple weeks. I also will get another round of neck shots on Thursday. Sucks that they knock me out to give them. I lose a whole day!

Quiet day today as far as I know. No visitors planned. Might take a ride to gas up the truck and do a bit of shopping. Might just do nothing too! Lol.
That's all for now.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee has been poured into cup. 22° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 28° with cloudy skies. Yesterday did not go as planned. Went out to measure old bird feeder mounts. Found I use 1" square tubing for the older mounts. I have plenty of it up in the pole barn loft. Problem been there a long time. All kinds of steel piled on top of it. Moved them to get at 1" tubing. Then put everything back in place. Needed a nap after that. Went out to shop later and got the mount post made and painted. Still need to attach mount to feeder to complete project. Hope to get that done today.

https://imgur.com/a/AX3lDxl

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

Txdon, special prayers for BIL's.

 

[Buppies]

25 chilly precious woke me up at 3:00 barking at something probably deer went on for 1/2 hour. Read the news weather etc. someone forgot to lock door Holly took off got her in Boones Mill . I’ve got to check doors cannot rely on others.

Going up to 50 today’s 60s showing up more lady bugs and stink bugs my favorite. More clean up by garage dump run etc. Precious sleeping she and Holly snoring now sleepy time for early morning nap. Moon was quite striking thru the clouds

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[Buppies]

Prayers for mphams’ sister and family Dons BIL’s nap sounds nice Ron

 

[Buppies]

Night night time zzzzz

 

[daugen]

a fun article comparing a Kubota M5-111 with a BMW M5

M5 vs. M5 Comparison Test: Which Comes Out on Top?

The BMW M5 takes on its homonymous rival, the Kubota M5.

www.caranddriver.com

It's too bad Kubota can't design a reliable affordable automatic trans like the European IVTs.
on larger tractors apparently all about efficiency, the variables suck up 10-20hp for extra pumps.
Hydrostatic is even less efficient which is why not used on higher horsepower.
seems to be universally agreed that best trans for loader work is hydrostatic. Sure was for me.
Felt very clumsy using a powershift trans coming from hydro. All that clumsiness disappeared out in the field.

Buppies, sorry you had another challenging night. You really never know what the next day will bring.
just hope there are plenty of good days in there. Walk hand in hand with smiles on your faces.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Morning,
Ct, 20 to start going to 30. Snowing lightly now, quite pretty with the lights on but supposedly not going to last very long.

Peter, thanks for compliment on Kathleen’s turkey pot pie. It was really delicious I just didn’t want to give the second pie up so easily.

Don, sorry to hear about wife’s brother. Prayers headed your way

Buppies hoping your finally getting some sleep

Mostly, that is some very impressive mileage numbers my friend.

Drew, excellent idea on painting the basement walls white. And a spider vacuum to boot, maybe you could market that idea and make a couple million Then you could buy the farm back and hire workers to take care of everything

This morning there will be church, and I will certainly be praying for our country Praying for a good worship

I have been befriended by an Amateur Radio Operator out in Illinois. He is extremely intelligent, an Electronics Engineer who in my opinion is a gift from God. I ordered one of his CW keying touch paddles , and he sent me the key and refunded my money He then offered to repair a Drake R4C receiver that I recently purchased free of charge, the receiver works but has some issues. It’s a vintage piece of radio gear that I always wanted when I was a young man but could never afford one. He invited me to take part in his daily schedule of CW sessions every morning at 7 am along with his friends that run CW at 50 plus wpm. I only can get bits and pieces of their conversation because I can only copy about 40 wpm. But he had taken me under his wing, I feel so blessed to have found him on the air waves.

The Drake R4C receiver is to the right
I hope all have a wonderful Sunday